[SomeStupidPoint]

And more specifically developer writing ergonomics.

In terms of understanding how the code will execute or testing your app, the implicit, confusing rules are less "ergonomic".

[pcwalton]

Is GC less ergonomic than C-style malloc/free? I don't think so, and not only when writing code. It makes things easier all around.

(Yes, GCs require tuning and so forth, and that can be a pain, but so does malloc and free, so that's a wash. In most applications you never need to manually tune a GC.)